What is CVE-2016-4457?

CVE-2016-4457 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Cloudforms Management Engine, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-06-08.

How severe is CVE-2016-4457?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Red Hat Cloudforms Management Engine

CVE-2016-4457

CloudForms Management Engine before 5.8 includes a default SSL/TLS certificate.

Vulnerability class: POODLE (CVE-2014-3566)

Published 2017-06-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Red Hat Cloudforms Management Engine — versions 5.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-310 — Cryptographic Issues

References

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1601 (vendor-advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1367 (vendor-advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1038599 (vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4457?: CVE-2016-4457 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Cloudforms Management Engine, classified under Cryptographic Issues. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-06-08.
How severe is CVE-2016-4457?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.